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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is another scenario that I don't believe was considered in the podcast or in this forum: late August kid who is the youngest in his/her grade. Happens to be one of my kids.

This kid wouldn't be trapped but also wouldn't benefit from being "the new early age group". So, we can't say that all August kids would automatically be direct beneficiaries of this.

Compared to current situation where all January kids benefit from being the oldest.

This cannot be a deciding factor but seems even, could be yet another reason to switch to a school calendar year.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t your child benefit from being in the oldest in their new age group? I think the only August kids that wouldn’t benefit would be the ones with a school cut off later than August 1 because their club year and school year wouldn’t align for purposes of college recruiting. (They you’d be playing a year below college scouts would be watching.)[/quote]

As I indicated in my message, my kid - who was born in late August is the youngest kid in the class/grade the school. School starts in the last week of August. It happens a lot with late August kids. Early August, on the other hand, would be the oldest.

I presume that by switching to a grade-based system, my late August kid who is the youngest kid in the class, would remain the youngest kid in the class-based team.

Does this clarify? Or maybe I am the one confused, which is possible with this complex topic..[/quote]

I think you have it mixed up. It's still just a 12 month window but instead of starting on Jan 1 it would start on Aug 1 (or Sep per the podcast). The window doesn't care if you're in 7th or 8th grade, just your age on Aug 1. Your younger kid will now be the oldest in club soccer. [/quote]

Ahh...I see :)

If they are simply changing January 1-December 31 to August 1-July 31 to align closer with the school year, than indeed it doesn't matter if the kid is oldest or youngest in the assigned grade. So then yes, if they do make August 1st, date my kid would benefit. If it is September 1st, then going from the middle, it would send her to the end.

thx, I thought they literally meant "8th graders would play with 8th graders"..[/quote]

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